The process of social change behind the change of ancient tiny women's hair buns

Ancient women's make-up and hair were varied and glamorous, perfectly displaying the delicate posture of women. The chignon is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, and there are thousands of different types of chignons.

Each dynasty, each dynasty of different periods, different status of the woman and the same woman in different periods of life will be combed with different hair buns, which is not only the performance of the ancient women's love of beauty, is the embodiment of the Oriental aesthetics in the human hair, but also the carrier of the characteristics of the ancient society.

Although there were many different types of buns in ancient times, it did not mean that women could wear all types of buns at all times, and the buns that ancient women wore were more considered.

1. Bun styles of the upper class

Ancient society had a strict feudal hierarchy, and the differences between noble women and commoners were obvious, and the difference in hairstyles was a very important aspect.

The most typical is the high bun of the aristocratic women in the upper class of the Qing Dynasty, high bun of all the hair are combed up, can not be scattered, and then in the bun on the embellishment of gold and silver jewelry.

Such a bun, in the Qing Dynasty folk are not free to comb makeup, only the women in the palace can use this noble bun. This hairstyle is due to the Qing rulers are ethnic minorities, which is the traditional hairstyle of the female Genghis Khan's noble women transformed into a bun, so some civilian Han women can not be combed.

There is another type of bun that is generally only available to the upper class of society, which is the type of bun that was created by one of the consorts, and which is followed by others. For example, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, the favorite bun of the aristocratic women was the Lingyun bun,

which was created after the edict of the First Emperor to reflect the nobility and elegance of the women's high style of a single hair, later generations of consorts combed, plus the phoenix crown, mostly in the rituals of the dress to wear the use of makeup.

Although the distinction between the buns of noble women and the buns of common women is not absolutely strict, and will change in each period of each dynasty and each environment. But in general, some special hair buns are also a form of social status.

2. Bun styles of women in common people's homes

The bun styles of young girls and women in common people's homes are not as colorful as they should be because of the limitations of their living conditions, which is why the buns are clearly differentiated into two big parts.

Most of the buns worn by the commoners were simple, less time-consuming, and not easy to wear jewelry because of the usual labor, and the high buns were not chosen by the majority of the commoners. These aristocratic women wore high chignons, which required wigs or delicate gadgets to use.

Therefore, the women of the common people simply didn't have the money to buy the hair accessories used to wear the buns in their daily lives, so the bun styles that really suited the common women were relatively simple.

1. The unmarried woman's chignon

The unmarried woman is mostly a dexterous and lovely image, with her hair hanging down, while the married woman puts on a chignon and combs all her hair up, leaving no hair hanging down, to symbolize that she is already a married woman. This is the most common difference between the buns of married and unmarried women.

On top of this, the unmarried women's hair bun type is not less, and younger girls or children mostly wear undercoats, a symmetrical hairstyle.

Both sides of the hair coiled into shape, and then left a strand of hair naturally hanging down, these two strands of hair hanging down the agile and flowing, with the wind blowing up, as a symbol of the innocence of the girl, as a representative of the unmarried girl.

And after marriage, the woman can no longer retain this bun. 2. Need to change the style of hair bun after a woman In ancient times, hair has a deeper meaning, the so-called husband and wife, bundles and crowns and so on have a relationship with the hair.

The same goes for women. In ancient feudal society, women had to tie their hair after marriage, pulling their hair into a bun that would not hang down, as a way to show their married status at all times.

In fact, the same applies to men, but men usually have their hair tied up at the time of the crown ceremony. Women also tie their hair at the fifteenth maturity ceremony, but it is not so common.

In ancient times, married women wore their hair in buns and plugged in hairpins to signify that they were married, although this was a constraint on women's self-costuming and an unfair reflection, on the one hand, it was a symbol of a wise and unspoken declaration of their identity.

1. Prosperous period of hair bun flaunts the splendor

Ancient China's feudal social history, to say that the most prosperous nature or the great Tang dynasty, manifested in the political enlightenment of the economy on the prosperity of foreign trade, the culture is more open and tolerant of the scene, especially the integration of ethnic cultures.

Such a prosperous, open and tolerant Li Tang Dynasty, women's hair buns also show a different style.

During the Tang Dynasty, women's chignons were mostly high chignons, and women in the Tang Dynasty liked to wear heavy makeup, and the chignons were also in line with the atmospheric style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

For example, Yang Guifei's favorite bun was a ponytail and coiled hair, tied with a rope ribbon in the middle of the spine, shaped like a horse's belly.

This is a higher, larger bun, decorated with large flowers or step rock gold hairpin and other modifications, appearing graceful and noble. The high bun of Tang Dynasty women can be up to a foot high, and the symbol behind it is the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

2. By the Confucianism confinement under the serious period of hair bun gentle and virtuous

Song and Ming Dynasties Confucianism has developed to a new height, Song and Ming Dynasties under the Song and Ming Dynasty, more emphasis on the Three Principles and the three from the four virtues of women. The social status of women has changed.

Song women have always been gentle image in the eyes of the world, slightly powdered, soft and gentle , the most representative of the Song Dynasty poet Li Qingzhao.

There is a huge difference between her dress and that of a Tang Dynasty woman. Like the vast majority of Song Dynasty women, Li Qingzhao prefers a light, natural chignon with simple hair accessories.

Of course, the Song Dynasty was a transitional phase, and there were still many aristocratic women who preferred to wear high buns, but just in general it has been much lighter than the Tang Dynasty.

The bun of the Song Dynasty, which was the favorite and most common type of bun for commoners, was simply a bun of hair combed into a chignon and then wrapped in colorful silk or handkerchiefs, tied into a flower pattern, and adorned with ornaments according to one's personal preference.

This kind of bun is simple and simple, and not easy to fall, more suitable for common women.

There is also a more playful and lovely, reflecting the lively and simple girls three buns in the shape of a girl bun, is the Song Dynasty girls favorite hair accessories, but also a good reflection of the Song Dynasty women's gentle and subtle characteristics.

By the Ming Dynasty, the autocracy of the monarchy was further strengthened, including the autocracy of the people's minds, and the types of women's hair buns were no longer as numerous as in the previous dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty Jiangnan women of a double screw bun is very characteristic, meticulous every strand of hair combed up, and then combed into a screw bun style, simple and generous, mostly folk women or maiden use.

And the noblewoman is more like peony head, Peony head is also a kind of high bun, but the Peony head of the noblewoman combed during the Ming Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty shows a different look, the noblewoman combed during the Ming Dynasty peony head has a kind of dignified and solemn, by the feeling of the seriousness of the rituals of the bondage. The Qing Dynasty was a time when the feudal monarchy reached its peak, and its confinement of women was even more serious. Qing Dynasty women in the middle of the comb of the two hand style, is fixed.

Inserted precious jewelry, and the Qing Dynasty flowerpot bottom shoes correspond to the constraints on women's actions, so that women often need to chest out and head up to close the abdomen, stabilize the neck and head, can not be randomly made playful movements to reflect the dignified and stable. 3. The richness of the bun style reflects the changes in social development
Ancient women's hair buns changed with the change of the times, the change of dynasties, the change of favorite styles, and the change of the mainstream thought of the society and the change of a certain amount of change.

Bun culture was originally part of the ancient traditional dress culture, which was cultural, economic and political.

The number of hairdo styles in general is on the increase, because each dynasty almost always inherits the political, economic and cultural development of the previous dynasty. This is why the traditional Chinese culture is so colorful.

In terms of style, the style of hair buns has developed from elegant and dignified to graceful and luxurious to solemn and luxurious, reflecting the trend of feudal society from weak to strong and finally to weak again.

If the Qin and Han dynasties are the starting point of Chinese feudal society, then the Tang dynasty is a peak, and the Qing dynasty is the end. The number and style of hairstyles can also reflect the economic development of the corresponding era.

During the Tang Dynasty, foreign trade flourished, the country was rich and powerful, and the people lived in peace and happiness, so there were many different styles of hairstyles, and they were more ostentatious and open.

The process of social change behind the small change in women's hairdos was huge, and this is probably the charm of traditional culture. Summary The ancient women's hair bun culture is a very large and important part of the ancient Chinese traditional dress culture.

Each bun has its own time, connotation and even background, so the bun was not only a hairstyle, but also a symbol of women's status in all periods of time in the Chinese feudal society.

In addition to the aesthetic value, the ancient women's hair bun also embodies the ancient women's delicacy, the pursuit of beauty, and the ancient feudal hierarchical society to bring women's constraints and confinement.

The culture behind women's hair buns has good parts and limited parts, but in itself, as a representative of the Chinese nation's excellent traditional culture, it is worth inheriting and carrying forward.

Only in the process of inheritance need to abandon its limitations, to show its good part of the content to show the beauty of the Chinese people's excellent traditional culture.

References:

1. "Hair Style of Ancient Chinese Women"

2. "An Analysis of the Hair Bun of Ancient Chinese Women"

3. "Cultural Analysis of Ancient Chinese Women's Hair Bun Art"

Text/Nangong Chin